... not North Korea ;)

... not Tanzania
... not Hungary
... not India
... not Sweden
... not
... not Indonesia
... not Swaziland
... not
... not Russia
... not England
... not Afghanistan
... not Lebanon
... not Luxembourg
... not Yemen
... not
... not Denmark
... not Uruguay
... not Madagascar
... not Bolivia
 
 

Korea is not... a place where I have to fear for my safety. Not just because violent crime is almost unknown where I live, but also because it's nearly impossible for me to indulge in the really stupid hobbies I grew up doing.

Korea is not... a place where you generally meet a lot of weird conspiracy theorists. Yet oddly, in my town, I know of 2 very active anti-vaxxers who also push their flat-Earth beliefs. I used to think the whole flat-Earth movement was just a bunch of trolls, but that's seriously not the case. Boggles the mind. 

I grew up in a town in the middle of nowhere. Like, dead smack centre of nowhereville. It was so rural that, yes, I do actually know how cow-tipping works (but don't do it: it can kill them: their stomachs can rupture).
Weirdly enough, nearly all the people who lived within walking distance had kids about the same age as me, and naturally we all kind of egged each other on into all sorts of trouble.
Easy access to diesel, archery equipment, firearms, rappelling gear, fireworks, mountain bikes, camping gear, and horses meant that among us there was usually one or 2 injured at any given point in time. Good times, but I think the reason my parents had my younger siblings was because they didn't expect me to survive.


Oh, and those flat-earthers? They're NETs, both with Master degrees, and pretty smart and reasonable when talking about normal things... ... it's just... I mean... how... I don't understand. 

.... an enigma.